IRREPLACEABLE BOND ?

CHAPTER 7

AFEENA'S POV:

"Take the babies to a safe place" a man said

"I don't know where to go" a woman said

"They are all over the place" she added

"Just go back to the house and stay in the attic. Do not make any sound" the man said

"But Salman what if the babies wake up?" The woman asked

"One was already awake the whole time and she didn't make any sound. I'm surd that the other baby won't make a sound" the man replied

She ran to an abandoned house. She ran upstairs and went into a room and locked the door behind her.

When she turned around she saw a man holding a g*n to her head

"Wh...who are you?" She asked as her whole body shook in fright.

Then a gunshot was heard as she screamed

I jerked up in fear. I have been having thesame nightmare for almost 3 weeks now. Their faces were all blury and I don't know what it means because it doesn't corresponds with my life. So why have I been having this nightmare?

I have never told anyone about this dream. Not even Ahmed.

I stood up and made my way to the bathroom and performed Wudhu.

I prayed Subhi and told Allah all my problems. I took my bath and I went downstairs and started preparing breakfast since none of the maids were around. It was just 5 am

I made pancakes and brought out everyone's favorite drinks from the fridge and placed them all on the table.

By the time that I was done, it was already 6:30 AM and the maids have started to arrive

I went upstairs and woke up my little angel.

"Good morning Ameera" I said as I dragged open the curtains

She dragged the duvet and closed her head.

"Wake up" I said as I shook her.

"No. I'm sleepy" she said

"It's pancakes today" I said and she sat up straight almost immediately

"Really?" She asked and I laughed

"Come on" I said as I picked her up and gave her a bath

I dressed her up in a yellow sundress. We went to Bilkisu's room. She was already downstairs.

We checked Sadiq's room and he was already down too. I already knew that the rest were already down. So we both went down stairs and started eating.

After we were done, all of us sat down in the living room and started watching Tom and Jerry. Because it was Saturday and no one had anything to do.

We watched until it was time for Zuhr. Ahmed, Tariq and Sadiq all went to the mosque and we went to our respective rooms and prayed.

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I came back to the living room and saw Ahmed all alone. I plopped myself down on an arm chair

"Huhhh" I sighed

"Huhhhhhh" I sighed louder so that Ahmed could notice

"Huhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" I sighed even louder

"What is it Afeena?" He asked annoyed

"I'm bored" I whined

"So what do you want me to do?"

"Buy me an icecream?" I asked as I wiggled my brows. He rolled his eyes and I gave him the puppy dog eyes.

"Pwease!!!" I said as I clasped my hand together.

"Ok. Buy ice cream for all of us?" I asked

"Ok. Fine!" He said and I side hugged him.

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!!" I said

"But you must escort me there" he said and I crossed my hands over my chest

"Or else I won't buy the ice cream" he threatened

"Ok. Let's go" I sighed and stood up

"Why are you frowning? You forced me to go" he said and I laughed.

"Let me go tell Maryam and wear my niqab. I won't take long" I said and he nodded.

I quickly went upstairs and found Maryam and Tariq arguing, I told them and ignored them. I went to Ameera's room and found her sleeping. I smiled and went to check up on Billisu and Sadiq and found them watching cartoons. I told them and went to my room. I quickly wore my niqab and went back downstairs.

"So where are we going." I asked walking towards the car

"I don't know. You choose" he said

"Ok we should..." I started but got interrupted by a call. It was Nour calling.

"Assalamu Alaikum" we both said in unison

"Wa'alaikumus Salam" we replied again and laughed

"How are you?" She asked me

"I'm fine. It's been a long time, when are you coming back?" I asked

"Yesterday " she replied

"Oh My Gosh!!!! When are you coming. I missed you" I said

"I wanted to come today. That's why I called to ask" she replied

"Ooo. Bad timing. I am going out now" I said

"Ok. I'll come tomorrow then" she said

"Ok. Massalam" I said and ended the call

Nour is my best friend, childhood buddy and was also our neighbor. Her dad got a job in the most popular company in Dubai which I currently forgot the name. The week her dad got the news her mom was in the hospital and was in the stage 4 of cancer. Her dad travelled on a business trip and came back the next day after he received the offer. But before he reached the hospital, it was too late. He met Nour and her elder sister Aaliyah crying close to their mother's bed

Their dad didn't want the kids to have problems forgetting their mother so they moved to Dubai where he got the offer when we were in Grade 9. He decided that she and Aaliyah who was in Grade 11 won't complete their high school there. After they moved I had a hard time coping with the boarding school without her but Alhamdulillah. I really missed her so much and I guess that her dad decided to move back here. She was lucky she didn't attend boarding school when they moved.

"Should I leave you here to keep daydreaming?" I heard Ahmed's voice

"I'm not daydreaming " I denied

"Oh really? Then what were you doing?" He asked with a raised eyebrow

"I am just happy that Nour is back "

"Really?" He asked so excited. I was confused, I raised and eyebrow at him. Why is he so excited the moment I mentioned Nour's name?

"Why are you all excited?" I asked

"Nothing" he shrugged and his mood changed

"One minute you are all moody, annoyed and ANNOYING, and now you are all happy and excited?" I asked

"Mood swings, ya know" he said.

Since when did men started having mood swings? I just shrugged it off.

We stopped at Omaya's. Finally, very soon some delicious stuffs is going into my mouth soon.

Ahmed came down and threw the keys on me as I struggled with my belt. Wasn't he going to help me?! I was annoyed. I finally got free and closed the door. I was walking as fast as I could and I saw him sitting at the far end near the counter, his back was facing me. I was walking fast not looking at where I was going, my mind was all focused on Ahmed when I bumped into someone. I quickly said sorry and I looked at the person. I was shocked beyond my measure. She was looking at me with a confused expression while I was looking at her wide eyed.

"No problem" she replied

Even her voice sounded exactly like mine. I was speechless.

I just walked away not saying a word again. All the anger I wanted to lash out on Ahmed were all gone. It is just filled with confusion and questions.

"Where were you?" Ahmed asked me

"Trying to get free from your k********g car" I said as he rolled his eyes.

"Let's just order and go. I don't want to eat here" I said and he nodded. H stood up and left to go and order. He already knows all of our favorites so he didn't bother asking

After he left, I saw Nour talking to the girl. I wanted to go to the, but I didn't want to create a scene so I just sat down looking at her. She looked at me and I quickly turned away so that she won't say I'm a stalker or anything.

We bought 7 family sized ice creams, each consisting of everyone's favorite.

I wanted him to buy the small ones but he insisted that we should buy the big sized just because he doesn't want me to disturb him anymore.

We went back home and prayed Asr. We all came back downstairs and watched Race to witch mountain while devouring ourselves into the delicious ice cream of Omaya. I love that place. After that we all went to pray Mahgrib and no one came out of their room.

I just stayed in my room and read the Qur'an till it was Isha'a time. After I prayed Isha'a prayer I went back downstairs. We ate dinner and played some games until it was 9 PM. We sent the kids to bed and the 4 of us remained. We decided to watch a horror movie and I chose Inscidious. The movie is scary but I love it.

After the movie ended it was 11:30 and we decided to call it a day. We all went up and I dressed myself into my PJ's then I heard a knock 'who could it be?' I thought to myself. I opened the door and found Maryam standing in her PJ's with her pillow and phone

"Sleepover?" She asked giving me a fake smile. I can clearly see that she is scared

"Scared right?" I asked her and she nodded. I laughed and let her in after I locked the door.

We both chatted sister to sister before we both started feeling sleepy. We prayed before drifting off to sleep.